West Asian games – Mesopotamia and Iran
Earliest known dice (Iran, ca. 2600 BC) See that the six is already opposite the one, as on modern dice? But check out this Harappan die. The people of West Asia really [...]
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Rome history bingo game
Rome Bingo card Rome Bingo card (It will get bigger if you drag it to your desktop) Here's a board to print out for Roman history bingo. And here are [...]
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Roman games: What games did Roman people play?
Roman dice were involved in many Roman games Neither cards nor chess... Roman people played most of the different kinds of games that people play today. There are two important [...]
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Roman chariot-racing – Circus games in Ancient Rome
Roman circus games: Roman chariot-racing mosaic from Vienne, France Chariot-racing and gambling In addition to gladiatorial games, people in ancient Rome also really loved chariot-racing. Both men and women went to [...]
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Roman gladiators – ancient Roman games – Ancient Rome
Roman gladiators mosaic, from the Borghese estate near Rome (200s AD) Why were there gladiators? Romans liked watching other people die. They thought that was fun, like maybe you think [...]
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Roman amphitheaters – ancient Rome
The Colosseum - the Flavian Amphitheater - in Rome, Italy. Built in the 70s AD by the emperor Vespasian What were Roman amphitheaters for? Most people have heard of the Colosseum in [...]
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History of American games – lacrosse to soccer
History of American games: Ute horse race (thanks to Southern Ute Museum and Cultural Center) Horses and horse-racing The first important change in the history of American games after 1500 AD came with the horse. [...]
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Native American games – lacrosse, swimming, dice
Cherokee lacrosse players from 1888 People who lived in North America played both active games and the kind where you can sit down. Their favorite active game was lacrosse. Or actually lacrosse [...]
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Playing an Inuit game with seal bones
This is a variation on a traditional Inuit game. Print out the outline of the seal flipper bones and cut on the lines to get each bone separate from the others. Make [...]
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Medieval Europe’s games
Medieval games: Women playing chess Early medieval games: Dice, checkers, chess The games of medieval Europe were mainly the same as those of Egypt, Greece, and Rome: dice, knucklebones, marbles, checkers. But there were some new games, too. [...]
